Her master should provisionally designate her as his bride, and if she is not pleasing to him, he must let her be redeemed. He is considered to have broken faith with her, and he therefore does not have the right to sell her to anyone else.

[This is the law] when two men fight and [accidentally] harm a pregnant woman, causing her to miscarry. If there is no fatal injury [to the woman], then [the guilty party] must pay a [monetary] penalty. The woman's husband must sue for it, and [the amount] is then determined by the courts.

But if the ox was in the habit of goring on previous occasions, and the owner was warned but did not take precautions, then, if it kills a man or woman, the ox must be stoned, and its owner shall also [deserve to] die.

However, if the ox was known to be in the habit of goring on previous occasions, and its owner did not take precautions, then he must pay the full value of [the dead] ox. The dead animal remains the property of [its owner].

maidservant This can only be done with a minor girl (Mekhilta; Rashi). It was permitted for a man to sell his minor daughter only when he was absolutely destitute with no possible means of support (Kiddushin 20a; Yad, Avadim 4:2).

should (Kiddushin 19a). The master does this by declaring, 'you are my designated bride' (Yad, Avadim 4:7).

He The master. Also, her father may not sell her again (Hirsch; Torah Temimah). See note, this verse, 'anyone else.'

anyone else (Rashi; Yad, Avadim 4:10). Literally, 'to a foreign nation' (Mekhilta; Ramban). It can also denote, 'to someone unsuitable for marriage' (Hirsch). It would then be a general commandment that the father is not permitted to sell his daughter to a gentile or to anyone else who could not possibly marry her.

from My altar And such a murderer can certainly be removed from any refuge city (Ibn Ezra; Chizzkuni). Even if the murderer is a priest offering sacrifice, he can be taken from the altar (Mekhilta; Rashi).

Some say that in the desert, before the refuge cities were selected, the altar served as a refuge for the accidental murderer (Sforno). According to others, the altar served as a sanctuary for unpremeditated murder, but not for the premeditated crime (Abarbanel; Akedath Yitzchak; MeAm Lo'ez). See 1 Kings 2:28, 32.

must pay full compensation... This is speaking of a case where a woman's assailant did not intend to kill the man with whom he was fighting (Chidushey HaRan, Sanhedrin 79b; cf. Yad, Rotze'ach 4:1). Literally, 'you must give a soul for a soul.' According to some, this is speaking of a case where the woman's assailant intended to kill the other man, and there is a dispute as to whether this expression implies the death penalty or monetary payment (Sanhedrin 79a,b).

Full compensation... (Mekhilta; Targum Yonathan; Bava Kama 84a; Rashi). Literally, 'an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot.' These expressions, however, are meant idiomatically and not literally. See Leviticus 24:19,20, Deuteronomy 19:21.

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